这个夏天选了一门课， 学习的过程中，发现自己有很多生词，有些是老词的一些新的用法， 把它们收集起来，帮助自己学习记忆。只收集自己认为有用的用法，不是简单来自词典。
1. precedent 先例， 前例
- a legal precedent
- set/creat a precedent
- precedent for
- without precedent
- break with precedent (= do something in a new way)
2. rein: 缰绳, 支配, 统治
- free rein : the freedom to do, say or feel what you want
3. predisposed 易感染的， 易于去做某件事的
- be predisposed to/toward something
- to be genetically predisposed to cancer
4. deceptive 迷惑的, 骗人的; 欺诈的; 虚伪的
- deceptive practices
5. veracity: the quality of being true, honest or accurate 说真实话, 诚实, 老实
- the veracity of such findings may be questionable
- Complementary qualitative evidence corroborates the veracity of such findings.
- Veracity of this story
6. subscribe to 订阅，定购， 同意，支持
subscribe to a theory or belief
“If you agree with a theory or belief, you subscribe to it, just as
you subscribe to a magazine.”
7. prone 有…倾向的, 易于…的; 倾斜的; 俯卧的, 面向下的; 陡的
- be prone to something or do something
- be prone to sickness
- be prone to cough and cold
- be prone to heart attack
- be prone to falls due to balance problems
- be prone to back pains thanks to unhealthy postures
- be prone to anger
- be prone to aggression
- be prone to memory problems
8. subservient to 屈从于，臣服于
- Women naturally subservient to men?
- the rights of the individual are made subservient to the interests of the state
9. precedence 优先, 居先
- take precedence over
- Business people often think that fluency and communication take precedence over grammar when speaking.
- Should seniority take precedence over competence?
- Should friendship take precedence over seniority?
10. inure 使习惯
- inure somebody to something
- if you become inured to something unpleasant, you become familiar with it and able to accept it and bear it
